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Kickstarter EVOTRAIL Self-Following e-Wagon: To Good To Be True?

Following on from our recent blog post Fake Kickstarter Projects: Do Crowdfunding Sites Protect Backers? where we delved into how well Kickstarter and Indiegogo protect backers from seeing products that end up not fulfilling their promises for different reasons or … Continue reading

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Fake Kickstarter Projects: Do Crowdfunding Sites Protect Backers?

Do crowdfunding sites do enough due diligence on the advertised products to ensure that backers aren’t seeing fake Kickstarter projects? The situation might surprise you. We also give some examples of how some backers try to bend the rules and … Continue reading

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Crowdfunding Failures: 4 Great Prototypes That Failed To Launch

4 Crowdfunding failures we can learn from Not every great product idea makes it into production. Even some excellent products are crowdfunding failures that didn’t make it past the prototype stage, leaving the inventors, backers, and fans scratching their heads … Continue reading

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Can Getting To Market First Stop Copycats? [Podcast]

A recent China Law Blog article outlined why getting to market first with your new product isn’t great protection against copycats these days, especially if corners have been cut in the name of speed. Some entrepreneurs believe that skipping IP … Continue reading

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